Tesla has increased the price of its Model Y vehicles in multiple markets, including China, South Korea and Australia. @Tslachan spotted the price increases in China, where the Model Y Long Range and Performance variants have both increased by 2,000 yuan ($291.51 USD), with the vehicles now retailing for 311,900 yuan ($45,461.20 USD) and 361,900 […]
Consumer Reports is offering a huge new endorsement for electric vehicles (EVs), as seven of its top 10 models for 2023 are electric cars, trucks and SUVs, as reported by CNBC on Thursday. The Tesla Model 3 landed Consumer Reports’ main electric pick, and the publication says it was chosen due to offering more range […]
Tesla started contacting legacy Model S and Model X owners by email to let them know about a new trade-in credit offer towards a new car. What’s the catch? You need to give up your unlimited free Supercharging miles, one of the best Tesla perks to date. One email received by a Canadian Model X […]
Update Feb. 16, 8:50pm PT: Tesla has responded to these allegations calling them false. == Tesla has allegedly fired dozens of workers from its Buffalo, New York plant on Wednesday, after employees launched a campaign to unionize this week, according to Bloomberg. The news was spotted in a filing with the U.S. National Labor Relations […]
Tesla looks to be seeing increased demand for the Model Y, as estimated delivery times have been pushed back in the United States. According to an update on Tesla’s website yesterday (via @Tslachan), the Model Y Long Range and Model Y Performance are seeing delivery times pushed later into 2023. Check them out below: Long […]
Tesla code sleuth @greentheonly shared photos of a Model X’s refreshed HW4 car computer on Wednesday, which the account says appeared in the Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) with the photos hidden. Green says Tesla has already begun building vehicles with HW4 but has not delivered them, adding that the company may announce at the upcoming […]
Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk donated roughly $1.95 billion worth of the company’s shares to charities in 2022, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported by Reuters on Wednesday. The filing showed that Musk donated roughly 11.6 million shares in a period between August and December, though […]
Tesla is planning to pause some production until the end of February, in order to upgrade its lines in preparation for the Model 3 “Highland” project, according to a report from Bloomberg on Wednesday. Workers will be prevented from entering some production line areas as soon as Sunday, according to the report. The areas of […]
Tesla is planning to open “select Superchargers” to all electric vehicle (EV) brands in the U.S. soon, according to a post on the company’s charging account on Twitter and statements from the Biden administration made on Wednesday (via Automotive News). The news comes as part of the administration’s $7.5 billion federal package setting out to […]
The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP has included Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y for a $2,000 rebate in the state of California, for those eligible. Any Tesla order placed on or after January 12, 2023, may be eligible for a CVRP rebate, says the website, as spotted by Vincent Huynh (via @WholeMarsBlog). “The Tesla […]
Renaissance Technologies increased its stake in Tesla by over 1,000-fold in the fourth quarter, and the now automaker now represents one of the firm’s largest holdings. The hedge fund increased its stake in Tesla from just 1,400 shares to 3.4 million shares by the end of 2022, according to a filing with the Securities and […]
Tesla employees at the company’s Buffalo, New York factory launched a campaign to unionize, according to an email sent to CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday (via Automotive News). The email detailed demands such as better pay, increased job security and a decrease in overall production pressures that can be hazardous to worker health. Six workers […]
White House aides John Podesta and Mitch Landrieu met with Elon Musk and other Tesla officials on January 27, to help progress on a mass clean energy revolution, according to two people familiar with the subjects of the meeting, reports the Washington Post. Podesta and Landrieu’s positions are geared toward helping to implement some of […]
After Tesla launched the sale of its flagship models in Thailand in December, the automaker has officially begun shipping its first vehicles to buyers. Tesla started delivering its first Model 3 and Model Y units in Thailand on February 11, as spotted by @Tslachan on Sunday. The post from Tslachan also shows photos of the […]
As many await the limited beta release of Tesla’s next Full Self-Driving (FSD) version, the automaker’s CEO has provided an update following another round of delays. Tesla’s FSD beta version 11.3 (single stack) could debut as soon as this week, according to a statement on Sunday from @Elon Musk. Musk said the single-stack software would […]
